Earlier this month, we wrote about Jimmy Mahan, the collector who pulled a 1/1 Williamson/R.J. Barrett card out of Panini Contenders. It sold for $15,000 after Mahan (@KentuckyCards) pledged to donate the proceeds to a North Carolina children’s home. The story reached mainstream media in the last several days with the story below airing on the ABC affiliate in Raleigh. Check … [Read more...]
Best Known Example of the ‘Holy Grail of Boxing Cards’ Hits Market
The best known example of the “Honus Wagner of Boxing Cards” has hit the auction block. Heritage Auctions is selling one of perhaps fewer than ten 1948 Leaf Rocky Graziano cards in its Fall Trading Card Catalog. Graded PSA 6.5 (EX/MT+), the card stands as the highest graded in the hobby and could sell for as much as $150,000 or more when bidding concludes next … [Read more...]
Notes: Big $ for Gretzky Jersey; Bleier Explains Decision to Sell; Bruins/MeiGray Winter Classic Auction
A Wayne Gretzky game jersey photo matched to the 1986-87 regular season and Stanley Cup Finals sold for $201,009 via Classic Auctions last night. A 1980 Team USA jersey donned by “Miracle on Ice” team member Mark Wells netted $58,888. Photos match it to wear during the Gold Medal game against Finland. One of the hobby’s toughest pre-War hockey cards, a 1923-24 … [Read more...]
Collector Pulls 1/1 Zion Williamson/R.J. Barrett, Auctioning It to Help Kids
One North Carolina-based basketball card collector recently made a once-in-a-lifetime pull, but that is only half of a story that is warming the hearts of the sports card community. Streaming live on Instagram, and struggling to even get his words out last month, a trembling Jimmy Mahan pulled a 1/1 signed 2019-20 Panini Prizm Draft Picks College Ties Prizms Black Mosaic … [Read more...]
Notes: Record Quarter for PSA; Cards & Gambling; Collector Helps Player; Talking Autos and Authenticity
Collectors Universe revenues in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 soared to $20.2 million from $17.5 million a year ago, a 16% increase and a new all-time quarterly record for the company. Trading card and autograph revenue in the quarter were 33% higher than a year ago. PSA and PSA/DNA netted over $8 million in quarterly revenue for the first time in company … [Read more...]
Famous & Barr Set from Huge St. Louis Find Now Up for Grabs
Collected through a department store promotion more than 100 years ago and part of one of 2019’s top discoveries, a near set of 1916 Famous & Barr baseball cards has arrived on the auction block. Heritage Auctions is offering the group of 197 cards in its Trading Card Auction that will run through December 5. Consigned to auction earlier this year by members … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1971 Topps Football
Much larger sets were coming soon, but in 1971, football card collecting was the same as it had been. Two series of 263 cards and inserts. This time though, the insert was interactive: game cards and player posters that occupied hours upon hours of chilly autumn and early winter days and nights for kids around the country. The costs remained much the same … [Read more...]
Notes: Griffey Autos on Topps’ Kreindler Art; GBSCC Show; Brady Signing; MLB WS Authenticators; PSA & Pokémon
Topps' latest 150th Anniversary of Baseball cards produced from artwork by Graig Kreindler are out--and there's an option for signed Ken Griffey Jr. cards. A few different parallels are being sold with lower numbered colors costing more. Unsigned cards are also available for $7.99, along with 150th Anniversary cards of Willie Stargell and Juan Soto. As of early … [Read more...]
Holiday Mega Boxes Returning to Walmart
Topps has again teamed up with Walmart for late season product. The 2019 Topps Holiday Mega Boxes will be exclusive to the retail giant. 2019 Topps Holiday Mega Box Basics and Base Set Each Mega box ($22.48) contains ten packs with ten cards in each pack. Every box will contain five Metallic Holiday parallel cards and one relic, autograph relic or autograph … [Read more...]
2nd Best 1956 Topps Set; Mantle Cards Headline RR Auction Catalog
One of the hobby’s best sets of 1956 Topps baseball cards is among the items up for bids in the upcoming sports catalog from RR Auction. The second best Master Set on the PSA Registry, the 354-card accumulation carries a 9.44 set rating, with nearly every card graded either a 9 or 10. The set includes the 342 standard cards along with 12 additional scarce team card … [Read more...]